ENGLISH FOR GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS (UVW201)

Academic Session 2020/2021 – Semester 2

READING ASSESSMENT (SONG REVIEW)

COVER PAGE

SONG DETAILS
SONG TITLE : ROCKABYE

ARTIST : CLEAN BANDIT FT. ANNE MARIE & SEAN PAUL

EGC THEME : The struggle of being single mother

YOUTUBE MUSIC : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=papuvlVeZg8

VIDEO LINK

STUDENT DETAILS
NAME : AHMAD ZIKRIE BIN ZALMIZI

MATRIC NO : 201472917

PROGRAMME : FOOD TECHNOLOGY

PROGRAMME CODE : UR6524004

QUESTION SHEET

1. Introduce the person your know. (50 words – 3 marks)

Sarimah binti Zakaria is the person with whom I'd like to talk. She is my mother, and I am
very fond of her. When she is sad and doesn't have enough money, she never shows
emotion. Her strength of character enabled her to raise us as a single mother.

2. Introduce the song. (50 words – 4 marks)

Rockabye is the name of this song. Clean bandit, Anne marie, and Paul Sean are the
creators of this song. They have done their best to sing this song and make everyone
understand the true meaning of it. In 2016, this song was released.

3. Discuss the song’s explicit meaning. (70 words – 2 marks)

The video for this song depicts the struggles of a single uneducated mother attempting
to provide for her child by working as an erotic dancer. She tells him "ooh love" .No one's
ever gonna hurt you, love I'm gonna give you all of my love.She tells him "your life ain't
gonna be nothing like my life. You're gonna grow and have a good life.

4. Discuss the song’s implicit meaning. (90 words – 3 marks)

Being a single mom never as easy as you can never fully play the role of being both
parents.This song is dedicated to them to let them know that they’re not alone.
“And you give the youth love beyond compare”
“You find the school fee and the bus fare”
One financial issue that poorer parents face is paying for all of their child's
miscellaneous expenses throughout his life. She saves enough money between bills and
other expenses to keep her son out of their financial situation.

5. What do you remember about this song and your friend. (30 words – 1 mark)
This song holds a special place in our hearts, and we listen to it together. We both enjoy
because it reminds us of our mother's efforts in raising us.

6. WHO do you like to dedicate this song to AND WHY? (60 words – 2 marks)
This song is also in tribute of my friend Iffa. She is also a single mother, and her
husband abandoned her to pursue another woman. So she has to care for their son on
her own, and I always do my best to help her.
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SONG LYRICS:

Rockabye
Clean Bandit

Call it love and devotion

Call it the mom's adoration (foundation)
A special bond of creation, hah
For all the single mums out there
Going through frustration
Clean Bandit, Sean-Da-Paul, Anne-marie, sing, make them hear
She works the night, by the water
She's gonna stress, so far away from her father's daughter
She just wants a life for her baby
All on her own, no one will come
She's got to save him (daily struggle)
She tells him "ooh love"
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love
I'm gonna give you all of my love
Nobody matters like you (stay up there, stay up there)
She tells him "your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life (straight)
You're gonna grow and have a good life
I'm gonna do what I've got to do" (stay up there, stay up there)
So, rockabye baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Somebody's got you
Rockabye baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Rockabye, no (Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) (oh)
Rockabye, yeah, yeah (Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)
Single mom what you doing out there?
Facing the hard life without no fear
Just see and know that you really care
'Cause any obstacle come you well prepared
And no mamma you never shed tear
'Cause you haffi set things year after year
And you give the youth love beyond compare
You find the school fee and the bus fare
Hmmmm more when paps disappear
In a wrong bar can't find him nowhere
Steadily you work flow, heavily you know so you nah stop
No time no time fi a jeer
Now she gotta a six year old
Trying to keep him warm
Trying to keep all the cold
When he looks her in the eyes
He don't know he's safe when she says
"Ooh love"
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love
I'm gonna give you all of my love
Nobody matters like you
So, rockabye baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye baby, don't you cry
Somebody's got you
Rockabye baby, rockabye
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye baby, don't you cry (Bidda-bang-bang-bang, alright then)
Rockabye, no (Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) (Oh)
Rockabye, yeah (Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye) (yeah)
Rockabye don't bother cry
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yo
Rockabye don't bother cry
Angels around you, just joy your eye
Now she gotta a six year old
Trying to keep him warm
Trying to keep all the cold
When he looks her in the eyes
He don't know he's safe when she says
She tells him "ooh love"
No one's ever gonna hurt you, love
I'm gonna give you all of my love
Nobody matters like you (stay up there, stay up there)
She tells him "your life ain't gonna be nothing like my life (straight)
You're gonna grow and have a good life
I'm gonna do what I've got to do" (yeah)
So, rockabye baby, rockabye (Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye baby, don't you cry (Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)
Somebody's got you
Rockabye baby, rockabye (Rockabye-rocka-rocka-rocka-bye)
I'm gonna rock you
Rockabye baby, don't you cry (Bidda-bang-bang-bang, alright then)
Rockabye
Rockabye don't bother cry
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yo (Rockabye!)
Rockabye don't bother cry (yeah yeah)
Angels around you, just joy your eye (Rockabye!)
Rockabye don't bother cry
Lift up your head, lift it up to the sky, yo (Rockabye!)
Rockabye don't bother cry
Angels around you, just joy your eye
READING ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
Name: AHMAD ZIKRIE BIN ZALMIZI
Matric Number: 201472917
Programme UR6524004
Code:
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=papuvlVeZg8

CONTENT
No QUESTION Marks
1 Introduce the person you know. (3 marks)
2 Introduce the song. (4 marks)
3 Discuss the song’s explicit meaning. (2 marks)
4 Discuss the song’s implicit meaning. (3 marks)
5 What do you remember about this song and your friend. (1 mark)
6 WHO do you like to dedicate this song to AND WHY? (2 marks)
MARKS: /15

LANGUAGE
Marks 1 2 3 Marks
Understandin Shows a great lack of Shows understanding of Perfectly understands the
g understanding of the the assignment but delivers assignment needs.
assignment wrong information
Focus Talks about irrelevant On topic but with talks Talks about relevant
subject most of the time. about irrelevant subjects. subject most of the time.
Vocabulary Novice vocabulary usage Novice vocabulary with Advanced vocabulary
in text some advanced words usage in text
used.
Grammar Grammatical errors Some grammatical errors Hardly any grammatical
throughout the text in the text errors throughout the text
Connectors Lack of or mostly Limited use of connectors Mostly correct use of
incorrect use of in text. connectors throughout the
connectors throughout text.
the text.
MARKS: /15

TOTAL MARKS: /30